Leicester City quintet Jamie Vardy, Harry Maguire, Kelechi Iheanacho, Ahmed Musa and Wilfred Ndidi were all named on the subs' bench for the friendly between England and Nigeria at Wembley on Saturday evening.

Raheem Sterling started the World Cup warm-up despite continued scrutiny surrounding the Manchester City forward.

Sterling was already under intense media spotlight over the gun tattoo on his right leg and was again on the back pages of the national newspapers on Saturday after it emerged he arrived a day late to the England training camp.

Three Lions boss Gareth Southgate backed Sterling on Friday and included the 23-year-old in the team to face Nigeria at Wembley.

Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford was also in the line-up, and appears in pole position to be between the posts for the World Cup opener against Tunisia on June 18.

Chelsea's Gary Cahill made his first England appearance since October, starting in a three-man defence alongside Manchester City pair John Stones and Kyle Walker.